EPIC WARPATH! Rules, Lists, Hobby - The everything thread.

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**Shrapnelsmile**

Getting started in - between assembly. Just want to paint bots to experiment with colors and secure my basing plan.

My approach is going to be a bit of black on the arms and top two lines, metal on the weapons, panel liner all around the crevices if needed, and a vibrant blue on the windshield to match my Marauder orc skin.

Wish me luck.

**Albertorius**

So, some people in my gaming group are 1) cheap as hell and 2) "GW-only" guys, as in "only play 40k", so I got to thinking about this...

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Taking everything into account, one could probably proxy enforcers pretty easily... most easily with Primaris, I think.

**Shrapnelsmile**

Than you for the battle report @Albertorius. do you see Veermyn as a difficult or problematic demo army? They were my 2nd I acquired, to show game to friends.

**Albertorius**

Shrapnelsmile wrote:
Than you for the battle report @Albertorius. do you see Veermyn as a difficult or problematic demo army? They were my 2nd I acquired, to show game to friends.

Hm... it's hard to say at this point as I haven't actually tested anything else, but the player didn't seem to have any problem about it. The game itself is pretty straightforward.

The rats did have a hard time dealing with the Plague abominations, though, as they were really hard.

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Finished the MVP of the last game, the unit of Abominations.

I'm calling the scheme "angry artichoke" ^^

**Shrapnelsmile**

Test model done. Not yet matte sprayed. I'm not 100% certain on the basing, may switch to a dark earth brown from Vallejo. This is pro acryl extra fine concrete. The metal weapons look better in person, they are shaded and highlighted. Thoughts overall?

**Albertorius**

Oh boy, this is gonna take a while.... xd

**Pacific**

Those look amazing mate!

And thanks for the bat rep and feedback on the game. Very glad to hear it is fast to play and straightforward rules.

**Albertorius**

Pacific wrote:
Those look amazing mate!

And thanks for the bat rep and feedback on the game. Very glad to hear it is fast to play and straightforward rules.

Yeah, I'm pretty happy so far with the game. It's nowhere near a substitute for me for Epic 40k, but it's a different level of engagement and works very well for itself, so I'm happy.

Also, I think I probably have bitten more than I can chew, this is A LOT of minis xD

More pics! (spoilered to avoid fething people over xD)

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**Shrapnelsmile**

Those Plague look awesome. How many armies did you bite off when it comes to chewing? I need to finish one before I do the other. I may try to trade someone my Veermyn for a core box of Nameless. I think Nameless will be easier to paint.

**Albertorius**

Shrapnelsmile wrote:
Those Plague look awesome. How many armies did you bite off when it comes to chewing? I need to finish one before I do the other. I may try to trade someone my Veermyn for a core box of Nameless. I think Nameless will be easier to paint.

Well... all of them, one box of each -_-

**Shrapnelsmile**

Albertorius wrote:
Shrapnelsmile wrote:
Those Plague look awesome. How many armies did you bite off when it comes to chewing? I need to finish one before I do the other. I may try to trade someone my Veermyn for a core box of Nameless. I think Nameless will be easier to paint.

Well... all of them, one box of each -_-

I was so close to doing that...

Looking forward to more of your work. Really looking forward to everyone's battle reports. I figure they will start trickling in soon.

**Pacific**

Those Plague look amazing Albertorius! Impressive level of detail there, I can see the hair on those guys armpits thanks to Dakka showing ever image at full wall canvas size

Out of interest, for those who have played the game, is it worth getting the reinforcement boxes? Or are you finding you have enough variety in games with the standard army box plastics? Was looking at the extras, but yiu can only buy them direct and they are not cheap.

**Albertorius**

Pacific wrote:
Those Plague look amazing Albertorius! Impressive level of detail there, I can see the hair on those guys armpits thanks to Dakka showing ever image at full wall canvas size

Hahaha, thanks!

Out of interest, for those who have played the game, is it worth getting the reinforcement boxes? Or are you finding you have enough variety in games with the standard army box plastics? Was looking at the extras, but yiu can only buy them direct and they are not cheap.

A bit of a complicated question there... yes and no.

Yes, the reinforcements are totally worth it because they add unit types and options. No, the actual physical reinforcement sets are not that worth it, because of the actual amount of stuff you get in them. A single unit of each reinforcement, without being able to choose extras if don't get the whole set is... not ideal, without the convenience of them being plastics or cheap.

I'd say get them digital and print/have printed as many as you want of the ones you want.

**Ahtman**

Trying to figure out what, if anything, I should use the 30% discount that is going on. I plan on getting stl.s at some point so the reinforcements don't seem like a good idea because of the limited unit types, for example you want more aircraft than just two, so was considering two starters for factions I didn't get with the KS. I thought about Big Ed the mega crab for Nameless but then I'd have to wait till January for everything. I don't how often Mantic stuff goes on sale and for how much, is 30% good enough to go ahead and pull the trigger now?

**lord_blackfang**

What discount?

**Ahtman**

lord_blackfang wrote:
What discount?

From a KS update a few weeks ago:

We’ve created a special discount code you can use BEFORE we send your 2nd package.

If you would like to add any further Epic Warpath items to your pending delivery - please use the following code on the Mantic Games webstore - EWP30WAVE2 - this will grant you 30% off ANY Epic Warpath item listed there. We will then bundle this with your pending delivery and send both out to you in one go. This helps us spread the costs incurred from dual shipping, and gives you one more chance to grab anything you missed before (Or indeed add to your armies now you’ve been playing a little with the list builder!) and had a chance to see how cool this range is!
This code will work on any Epic Warpath product until the 31st October.

**lord_blackfang**

Ah, right. I can't quite tell if you're only supposed to use that if you're still waiting for a part of your pledge or can anyone.

**Ahtman**

lord_blackfang wrote:
Ah, right. I can't quite tell if you're only supposed to use that if you're still waiting for a part of your pledge or can anyone.

I recall it coming up in the news and rumors post when it first popped up on KS, but I don't recall getting a definitive answer either way.

**kodos**

Every backer can use that, you just have to pay extra shipping if there is no other order waiting to be shipped.

**Albertorius**

Some more stuff I've been painting

Plage Mules:

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A unit of Forge Father Steel Warriors:

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Three units of Asterian Marionettes:

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And two units of cyphers done:

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**Pacific**

I don't know if things have just got worse with massive MP cameras but this forum is almost impossible to browse on a phone these days.
Albertorius, I appreciate your noble effort of hiding the photos! When I try to view I just get a microscope view of your desk or whatever the ground is.. will view again later on on a PC!

**Pacific**

Quite promising that events are already starting to pop up, this one in the UK (I assume Nottingham way?) In April next year.

https://projectwartorn.com/

Welcome soldier, to project War Torn, the home of the BIGGEST epic scale sci-fi competition in the Galaxy. 12th November update – The National Competition

This will be an annual 2 day/ 6 game tournament for Epic Warpath, Mantic’s mass battle sci-fi wargame.

A great company. A great game and a great community!

Can you become the Champion?

Launching soon!* **

*possibly. **November 12th update – Launched

**kodos**

website says Firestorm Games Cardiff

**Eilif**

Albertorius wrote:
Some more stuff I've been painting

Plage Mules:

Spoiler:

A unit of Forge Father Steel Warriors:

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Three units of Asterian Marionettes:

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And two units of cyphers done:

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Nice work!
Could you give a measurement for the height to the top of the head of the Forge Fathers? I'm wondering if they'd work as power armor next to classic 10mm figures.

**Albertorius**

I think I can do you one better:

**Pacific**

Lovely work there Albertorius, those are some great colours, work very well!

Here is a size comparison photo I took with Legions Imp marines. I know it is very subjective, but for me they are close enough that I will probably dual-use these for both Warpath and as Squats in Epic SM/EA.

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**The_Real_Chris**

How are people finding the game in comparison to LI?

**Eilif**

Albertorius wrote:I think I can do you one better:

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**kodos**

The_Real_Chris wrote:
How are people finding the game in comparison to LI?

Much easier to get into and follow the rules or to get the game going.
I have no real comparison for the gameplay as I never got around actually playing LI simply because how the rules were written and how complicated things I never bothered trying

**SU-152**

The_Real_Chris wrote:
How are people finding the game in comparison to LI?

Something between LI (E:W is simpler, but keeping the versatile orders) and Epic: Armageddon (E:W is simpler but not as much as tactical, E:W doesn't have the allocate hits one by one and roll saves one by one thing luckily).